Rio Favela Communities Gain App to Report Police Abuse
The new application to report police misconduct and abuse, Nós por Nós, has already had 500 downloads and forty incidents...
April 11, 2016Topic
Favela
Project UPP Generation Students Meet Arnold Schwarzenegger
Students from the Adeus and Baiana area of Complexo do Alemão favela community, through the UPP (Pacifying Police Unit) had...
April 4, 2016Metrô Exhibition Shows Life, Past and Present, in Rio’s Favelas
The "Favela tem Memória" (Favela has Memory) exhibit presents 228 photos detailing the transformation of the urban landscape and the...
March 1, 2016
Rio’s Santa Marta Favela Celebrates Seven Years of the UPP
The Santa Marta favela community, also known as Dona Marta, sits above Botafogo in Zona Sul (South Zone) of Rio,...
December 22, 2015How to Visit a Favela Community in Rio de Janeiro: Sponsored
Favela tours in Rio de Janeiro are a controversial subject. As Brazil has been pacifying Rio’s favelas, favela tours have...
October 16, 2015
Rio’s Casa Geração Fashion School Hosts Party in Vidigal July 4th
The Casa Geração fashion school located in Rio's Vidigal favela is hosting a party at the very top of the...
July 2, 2015
Street Child United Opens Football Pitch in Rio’s Complexo da Penha
Chevrolet and Street Child United inaugurated a community football (soccer) pitch and a playground in the Complexo da Penha community...
June 1, 2015
Letter: Cantagalo Incident, Attacked in the Favela
Letter to the Editor, by Chuck Cassie RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last Friday night my friend Ryan and I...
May 4, 2015
Land Regularization Program Expands into Rio de Janeiro State
The Rio de Janeiro State government reports that there are currently 117,000 land titles in 900 communities being regularized.
April 28, 2015